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The closures were announced by David Jamieson, the Labour Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands Police.

And a row has broken out over whether Labour or the Conservative Government is to blame.

Labour MP Mr Dromey said the Kingstanding station covers an area with pockets of high crime including five armed robberies and shootings in recent months.

He blamed the closure on cuts in the funding provided to police services by the Government. He said: "Theresa May cannot wash her hands of responsibility.

"As first Home Secretary and then Prime Minister she has presided over the biggest cuts to our Police Service since the War."

West Midlands police stations

Edgbaston MP Preet Kaur Gill (Lab) said the closure of police stations in Quinton and Harborne, in her constituency, could damage relations between the public and the police, even though they are not open to the public.

She said: "The Harborne and Quinton stations are currently not open to the public, but I feel that for the relationship between the Police and local communities to work effectively, we should do all we can to ensure that officers are highly visible, easily contactable and embedded within the neighbourhoods they serve.

"I am concerned that the news today will make this a more distant prospect."

She also blamed the Government for the closures, saying: "This is the latest in a long line of blows dealt to the residents of Birmingham by the £145 million in cuts passed down to West Midlands Police by the Conservative Government at Westminster."

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But Conservative MP Mr Mitchell said West Midlands Police was receiving more funding than last year.

Writing in the Sutton Coldfield Observer, Mr Mitchell said: "The Labour West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, David Jamieson, has decided to save money at our expense.

"Unsurprisingly Labour councillors and apologists have suggested that this is all due to ‘cuts’. This is untrue. While the core Government grant funding is the same as last year (i.e. not a reduction), the Police Commissioner is receiving an extra £9.5 million from local taxpayers.

"In addition, the police technology and Special Grant is being increased by around £130 million which will support the police in delivering a modern digitally enabled workforce."

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Mr Mitchell added: "There is little doubt that the West Midlands Police has further scope for greater efficiency savings given that the Police themselves (HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report into the efficiency of West Midlands Police) last year found reason to downgrade the force’s overall efficiency rating.

"In their professional opinion the West Midlands Police was not as efficient in their use of taxpayers’ money as they should be."